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Which table is a probability distribution table?

Which table is a probability distribution table?-example-1
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Answer:

Table 1 is the only table which represents PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION table.

Explanation:

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Option C) x 1 2 3 4; p 0.4 0.25 0.2 0.15 is the correct probability distribution table because each probability is between 0 and 1 and their sum equals 1.

When identifying a probability distribution table, we need to check two main conditions:

Each probability value (P(x)) must be between 0 and 1.

The sum of all the probabilities in the table should equal 1.

Looking at the given options:

A) has negative probabilities, which is not valid.

B) seems to have probabilities between 0 and 1, and their sum is 0.95, which is close but not exactly 1.

C) has probabilities between 0 and 1 and their sum equals 1. So, this is a valid probability distribution.

D) has a probability greater than 1, which is not possible.

Only option C) x 1 2 3 4; p 0.4 0.25 0.2 0.15 satisfies both conditions and is therefore the correct probability distribution table.

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